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Table 2 Average SUVmean, SUVpeak and SUVmax across all lesions (n = 128), the relative difference ΔSUV between both systems and the RC per SUV-parameter. dPET SUVs were higher than cPETSUVs (p < 0.001) with average ΔSUVs of 6–8%

From: SUV variability in EARL-accredited conventional and digital PET

 

cPETa

dPETa

ΔSUV (%)a

RC

p value

SUVmean

5.3 ± 3.8 (4.1)

5.6 ± 4.3 (4.6)

6% ± 14%

27%

< 0.001

SUVpeak

6.4 ± 5.2 (4.7)

6.8 ± 5.9 (5.2)

7% ± 14%

27%

< 0.001

SUVmax

8.4 ± 6.3 (6.6)

9.1 ± 7.0 (7.3)

8% ± 17%

33%

< 0.001

  1. aContinuous variables are described as mean ± SD (and median if not normally distributed)